Its like calling 5 ICMP packets a DDoS.
Okay .. here's a fun exercise (granted, as a .edu, the FB stats are statistically over-represented) .. this is yesterday. total email : 1,594,435 from @*facebook* : 17,274 (1.1%) Taken as a total of *legitimate* email that got through the spam filter .. "legit" email : 79,072 from @*facebook* : 16,383 (20.7%) Facebook's "notifications" account for ~21% of the mail making it past the border SPAM appliances. Top subjects (minus name field) : 1260 commented on your status... 993 sent you a message on Facebook... 826 wrote on your Wall... 743 commented on your wall post... 738 commented on her status... 704 added you as a friend on Facebook... 430 confirmed you as a friend on Facebook... 287 commented on your photo... 279 commented on his status... 260 commented on a photo of you on Facebook.. Cheers, Michael Holstein Cleveland State University